Guard for lanterns.



R. P. THRONE. GUARD FOR LANTERNS.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY 1. IBIS.

l QG LWD Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

' TE %TA% PATENT ROBERT 1. THRONE, OF SYRACUSE, NE'W YORK, ASSIGNOB TO B. E. DIETZ COMPANY, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y.

GUARD IOR LANTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Application fiied nu 1, 1915. Serial No. 37,470.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT P. TI-IRONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guards for Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of guards for the globes of tubular lanterns, which comprise guard wires that rise from the perforated base plate or support, upon which the lantern globe rests, and encircle or embrace the lower large portion of the globe.

The object of the invention is to provide a guard of this character which is simple, strong, durable andinexpensive in construction, and eflicient in operation.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a tubular lantern provided with a guard embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lantern guard and base plate.

1 represents a tubular lantern which, with the exception of the guard forming the sub ject of this invention, may be of any usual or suitable construction.

2 represents the perforated base plate or support for the globe 3. As usual, this plate or support is movably mounted for ra1s1ng and lowering the globe to light and extinguish the lantern, and in the lantern shown in the drawings the support is, for this purpose, hinged at one side to a cranked lifter shaft 4 of known construction, and the globe is held between the support and a sliding chimney 5 which bears on the upper end of the globe. When this chimney is raised the globe support 2 with the globe thereon can be tilted rearwardly on its hinge connection with the lifter shaft to permit the globe to be cleaned and placed in and removed from the lantern.

The guard shown is composed of two bent wires or bows 6 and 7, which are secured at their lower extremities to the base plate 2 and extend upwardly therefrom and embrace opposite sides of the globe 8. The

- ires can be secured to the base plate in any suitable way, as, for instance, by bending the rim 8 of the base plate over the extremities of the wires, which are curved in conformity to the circumferential shape of the base plate. Between their lower extremities and the middle or highest portions of the wires or bows 6 and 7, they are bent toward each other, forming V-like bends 9 in t e legs or side portions of the bows which are hooked together or interlock with each other as shown, so as to connect the two bows and prevent them from being separated or spread apart. By this construction, while the upper portion of the guard, which surrounds the globe, can be compressed or contracted by applying pressure to the upper portions of the bows 6 and 7, to increase the pressure which the bows exert against the lantern globe and cause the wires to grip the globe more firmly, the upper portions of the bows, because of their interlocking as described, cannot be readily spread apart as in the case of the crossing disconnected wires heretofore used. The upper portion of the guard is thus much stronger and more rigid and insures a much securer holding and guard means for the globe. By interlocking the bends 9 of the wires as described, it is unnecessary to otherwise secure the wires at the connections, and the cost and labor of soldering the wires or applying additional securing parts are avoided.

The wires or bows are preferably provided at their upper portions with the usual inwardly projecting bends 10 which are adapted to bear at separate points against the sides of the globe.

While in the construction described the guard consists of two separate wires forming the two bows or halves of the guard, yet it can, if it is desired, be made of a single continuous piece of wire, and will perform its functions equally well if constructed in this way.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a globe support, of a wire guard secured to the same and comprising opposite side portions rising from said support and adapted to embrace opposite sides of a globe, the said side portions having integral parts thereof interlocked with each other between their upper portions and said support.

2. The combination with a globe support, of a wire guard comprising opposite bowed portions, the lower extremities of which are secured to the globe support, said bowed portions being bent toward each other to cross and interlock intermediate of the upper and lower portions thereof.

3. The combination with a globe support, of a wire guard having lower portions secured to the globe plate and upwardly eX- Vitness my hand, this 29th day of June, tending portlons encircling the lantern 1915.

globe, the intermediate portions of said guard having substantially V-shaped bends ROBERT THRONE' 5 located between the upper and lower por- Witnesses:

tions thereof which interlock with each P. L. SALMON,

other. IDA AMDORSKY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

